Organizations Rational, Natural, and Open Systems

Name: Organizations Rational, Natural, and Open Systems
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ISBN: 9780130165596

ISBN-10: 013016559X

ISBN-13: 9780130165596

Edition: 5th 2003 (Revised)

Authors: W. Richard Scott

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Description:

While emphasizing sociological approaches to organizations, this text summarizes and comments on the contributions of other disciplines to the study of organization. These include: economics; political science; strategy; and management theory.

Book details

List price: $77.40
Edition: 5th
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication date: 7/9/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 430
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English




An Introduction To Organizations



The Subject is Organizations



Three Perspectives On Organizations



Organizations as Rational Systems



Organizations as Natural Systems



Organizations as Open Systems



Combining the Perspectives



Environments, Strategies And Structures



Conceptions of Environments



Creating Organizations



Boundary Setting and Boundary Spanning



Sources of Structural Complexity: The Technical Core



Sources of Structural Complexity: The Peripheral Components



Goals, Power, and Control



Organizations And Society



Organizational Pathologies



Organizational Effectiveness


References


Name Index


Subject Index